What’s New
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New data on HIV in prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic underscore links between HIV and incarceration The percent of people in prison with HIV barely budged despite the heightened risks of COVID-19 to immunocompromised individuals. We review the evidence connecting the parallel epidemics of HIV and incarceration, which disproportionately impact Black men in the South.
June 1: Briefings
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Women’s Pathways Into and Out of Jail in Buncombe County by Vera Institute of Justice
May 25: Research Library: Women
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New report: A blueprint for meaningful probation and parole reform in Connecticut — and other states As we explained in a report earlier this month, every U.S. state punishes far more people than is remotely necessary….
May 23: Press releases
Featured reports
Excessive, unjust, and expensive: Fixing Connecticut's probation and parole problems
Probation and parole are "too big to succeed": Nationally, these "alternatives" to incarceration drive 42% of prison admissions every year, often punishing people for noncriminal violations. In Excessive, unjust, and expensive, we use Connecticut as a case study to show how modest reforms can dramatically reduce the number of people ensnared in these programs and ensure they serve as tools for decarceration, rather than pathways to reincarceration.
Mass incarceration, state by state
Learn about the national prison crisis and how we can begin to turn the tide on mass incarceration. Then, drill down to your state.
If our work is new to you, you might want to check out our 2021-2022 annual report.
Recommended Reading:
The unmet health needs of people in prison
States fall far short of their duty to meet the health needs of incarcerated people.
All profit, no risk
The bail industry explooits cracks and loopholes in the legal system to avoid accountability, while growing its profits.
Compare your state's use of the prison to the world at large
Criminal justice policy in every region of the United States is out of step with the rest of the world.
Prison Gerrymandering Project
We are leading the movement to protect our democracy from the Census Bureau's prison miscount.